My friend built his first PC the other day, but unfortunately he didn't quite check which motherboard he was buying. Basically, he bought a i5-4460 which can't run on a GIGABYTE Z87-D3HP motherboard because the motherboard doesn't have the BIOS version to support it. He has to update it somehow, but nothing appears when he boots the PC up as the CPU isn't yet supported with the old BIOS.
Is there are way he can update his BIOS with the i5-4460 somehow? Can he just click through the whole BIOS flashing procedure (he can flash it through a USB stick on that motherboard) with that CPU, despite not seeing anything (i.e. could the BIOS be running but he can't see anything)? Would he maybe be able to flash it with just a graphics card plugged in (he can't check as he's waiting for a DVI to VGA adapter)?
Last resort, he can always buy the cheapest supported CPU just to update his BIOS (that would be a G1820 I believe).
Any help is appreciated!
Is there are way he can update his BIOS with the i5-4460 somehow? Can he just click through the whole BIOS flashing procedure (he can flash it through a USB stick on that motherboard) with that CPU, despite not seeing anything (i.e. could the BIOS be running but he can't see anything)? Would he maybe be able to flash it with just a graphics card plugged in (he can't check as he's waiting for a DVI to VGA adapter)?
Last resort, he can always buy the cheapest supported CPU just to update his BIOS (that would be a G1820 I believe).
Any help is appreciated!
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